Eulalia

Gender Feminine
Usage Spanish, Italian, Polish, English, Ancient Greek [1]
Scripts Εὐλαλία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /eu̯.ˈla.lja/(Spanish, Italian) /ju.ˈleɪ.li.ə/(English)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Derived from Greek εὔλαλος (eulalos) meaning "sweetly-speaking", itself from εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and λαλέω (laleo) meaning "to talk". This was the name of an early 4th-century saint and martyr from Mérida in Spain. Another martyr by this name, living at the same time, is a patron saint of Barcelona. These two saints might be the same person.

Related Names

Rootseu + laleo
VariantsOlalla, Olaya(Spanish)
DiminutivesEula, Lalia(English)
Other Languages & CulturesOlaya(Asturian) Eulàlia, Laia(Catalan) Eulalie(French) Olalla(Galician) Eulália(Portuguese) Eulália(Slovak)
Same SpellingEulália, Eulàlia

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   formal   upper class   natural   wholesome   delicate   refined   strange   complex   serious  

Name Days

Austria: February 12
Denmark: February 12
Italy: February 12
Poland: February 12
Spain: February 12
Spain: December 10

Images

Depiction of Saint Eulalia by Meister von Meßkirch (c. 1540)Depiction of Saint Eulalia by Meister von Meßkirch (c. 1540)

Categories

asteroids, currently out of the US top 1000, ends in -lia, good, goodness, martyrs, noise, patron saints, saints, sweetness, William Faulkner characters

Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Εὐλαλία.
Entry updated October 6, 2024